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EGLL
London, England
Runway 09R
Elevation75 ft asl
Weight91,055 kg
Fuel16,765 kg
Wind270° · 2 kn

Flight Score

97.37 %
LEMD
Madrid, Spain
Runway 32R
Elevation1,949 ft asl
Weight84,655 kg
Fuel10,122 kg
Wind269° · 2 kn · 2 kn cross
5 Nov 2026 2:09 773 nm Boeing 757-200 6,642 kg
Departure Score
97.78 %
Enroute Score
99.98 %
Arrival Score
94.34 %

What went well

Touched down at -235 fpm — a soft arrival
Straight touchdown — 0.92 m off the centreline, no bounce
Flare on profile — 100 %

What held you back

Arrival Approach — 500 ft gate 86 %, −0.95 points
Arrival Touchdown — bank angle up to 6.6 ° at 43 %, Touchdown distance was 704 m at 73 %, −0.46 points
Departure Climb 3 — climb speed 160 kt against 184 kt at 87 %, −0.35 points
Departure Roll — Strobe Lights at 0 %, −0.33 points

Next time

Departure

Lower the nose and add power to raise climb speed to 184 kt.

What happened: Climb speed was 160 kt against a target of 184 kt, running 24 kt slow through the climb.

Watch for: Airspeed indicator against the climb target of 184 kt.

See Departure Climb 3

Arrival

Level the wings with coordinated aileron on short final so bank stays near wings-level through touchdown.

What happened: Wings were not level through the landing phase, with bank angle at 6.4° on short final.

Watch for: Watch the bank angle indicator, holding it near wings-level through the landing and touchdown.

See Arrival LandingArrival Touchdown

The rudder input is a changing profile through the roll rather than one that is held. So the demand on your right foot starts large at power application, eases as speed builds and the rudder gains authority, then jumps again at rotation.

Read more in Improve Your Take-Offs

Start to finish · 19 stages, 17 in the score

The flight story

Departure One segment per stage, in flight order — colour is the score band. Drag the bar to move along the flight, or click a stage card to open its detail. Arrival
Departure Taxi 100.00Taxiing from the parking to the runway took 13 minutes and covered 2 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kt0 kt min to max 18 kt 0 11 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.3 °-1.1 ° min to max 0.2 ° -0.1 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.0 0.1 °

Events

Info Battery Master On 10 ft agl
Info Engine 2 Started 10 ft agl
Info Beacon Lights Switched On 10 ft agl
Info Navigation Lights Switched On 10 ft agl
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 10 ft agl
Info Landing Gear Down 10 ft agl
Info Pitot Heat Switched On 10 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 10 ft agl
Info Engine 1 Started 10 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 1 10 ft agl
Info Flaps Position 2 10 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 10 ft agl
Info Parking Brake On 10 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 10 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 10 ft agl
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 10 ft agl
Info Parking Brake Off 10 ft agl
Info Landing Lights Switched On 10 ft agl · 11 kt
Departure Runway Entry Entering runway 09R at EGLL London Heathrow Airport, Average speed was 8 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 10 kt10 kt min to max 11 kt 11 10 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.4 °-0.5 ° min to max -0.4 ° -0.4 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.3 °0.1 ° min to max 0.6 ° 0.1 0.6 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Departure Roll 95.00Departure roll runway 09R at EGLL London Heathrow Airport. Takeoff distance 1,218 m 36 % of runway. Rotation speed was 146 kt. Local weather - Temperature 18 °C. Wind 2 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 0 kt Tailwind: 2 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Takeoff distance 1,218 m36 % of runway
100 % Rotation speed was 146 ktTarget 149 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 2.79 m left2.79 m left to 0.99 m right -0.99 0.58 m
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.14 g 1.00 1.05 g
100 % Takeoff Bounce
Info Average pitch angle 0.3 °-0.6 ° min to max 11.3 ° -0.4 11.2 °
Info Average bank angle 0.4 °0.0 ° min to max 0.9 ° 0.7 0.0 °

Events

Fail Strobe Lights
Departure Climb 1 100.00Departure climb to 50 ft agl from runway 09R EGLL London Heathrow Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.0 °-0.1 ° min to max 0.0 ° 0.0 -0.1 °
100 % Average speed 157 kt153 kt min to max 161 kt 153 161 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 4.1 °0.0 ° min to max 4.1 ° 0.1 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.11 g1.02 g min to max 1.23 g 1.04 1.15 g
Info Average VSI 557 fpm138 fpm min to max 1,086 fpm 138 1,086 fpm
Info Average altitude 5 ft agl0 ft agl min to max 21 ft agl 0 21 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 14.4 °11.2 ° min to max 17.2 ° 11.2 16.6 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Activated 17 ft agl · 157 kt
Departure Climb 2 99.23Departure climb to 400 ft agl from 09R EGLL London Heathrow Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Heading variation -0.2 °-0.4 ° min to max -0.1 ° -0.1 -0.4 °
100 % Average speed 162 kt161 kt min to max 164 kt 161 161 kt
97 % Steepest bank angle 6.1 °0.2 ° min to max 6.1 ° 0.4 0.2 °
100 % Average g force 1.12 g0.95 g min to max 1.18 g 1.13 0.98 g
Info Average VSI 1,695 fpm1,150 fpm min to max 3,474 fpm 1,150 3,474 fpm
Info Average altitude 70 ft agl23 ft agl min to max 331 ft agl 23 331 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 18.2 °16.6 ° min to max 22.2 ° 16.6 21.0 °

Events

Info Stall Warning Deactivated 76 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 108 ft agl · 162 kt
Info Landing Gear Up 148 ft agl · 163 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 195 ft agl · 164 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 349 ft agl · 162 kt
Departure Climb 3 94.68Departure climb to 1,000 ft agl from 09R EGLL London Heathrow Airport.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
87 % Climb speed 160 kt158 kt min to max 161 ktTarget 184 kt, 24 kt slow 161 160 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 5.5 °0.1 ° min to max 5.5 ° 3.0 0.6 °
99.6 % Average g force 0.89 g0.72 g min to max 1.00 g 0.95 1.00 g
100 % Landing gear up at 60 ft aglTarget by 400 ft agl
Info Heading variation -0.7 °-1.0 ° min to max -0.5 ° -0.5 -1.0 °
Info Average VSI 3,143 fpm2,433 fpm min to max 3,595 fpm 3,576 2,433 fpm
Info Average altitude 667 ft agl391 ft agl min to max 922 ft agl 391 922 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 18.3 °15.0 ° min to max 20.8 ° 20.8 17.8 °
Enroute Climb 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile north west of Feltham (Greater London, England). Climbing from 1,395 ft asl to 40,003 ft asl, an increase of 38,609 ft in 20 minutes and covering 129 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 236 kt156 kt min to max 307 kt 162 234 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 24.2 °0.0 ° min to max 24.2 ° 0.8 1.6 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.75 g min to max 1.22 g 0.96 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 2,094 fpm-330 fpm min to max 5,120 fpm 2,511 -69 fpm
Info Average altitude 17,138 ft asl1,395 ft asl min to max 40,053 ft asl 1,395 40,003 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 9.2 °2.3 ° min to max 21.7 ° 15.1 5.1 °
Info Turn coordination 3-5 min to max 21 0 1

Events

Info Flaps Position 1 3,264 ft agl · 172 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 5,275 ft agl · 219 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched On 9,557 ft agl · 241 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched Off 10,264 ft agl · 244 kt
Enroute Level 100.00Enroute level cruise started 7 miles north of EGJA Alderney Airport Saint Anne (Alderney, Guernsey) and lasted 61 minutes, covering 452 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,500 ft of 40,000 ft asl39,987 ft asl min to max 40,015 ft asl 40,002 39,998 ft asl
100 % Average speed 232 kt230 kt min to max 235 kt 234 232 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 6.4 °0.0 ° min to max 6.4 ° 0.3 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.99 g min to max 1.00 g 0.99 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 10 min to max 4 2 2
Info Average pitch angle 5.1 °4.8 ° min to max 5.3 ° 5.1 5.0 °
Enroute Descent 100.00Enroute descent started overhead Sasamon (Castilla y Leon, Spain). Descent from 40,000 ft asl to 30,998 ft asl, a decrease of 9,002 ft in 6 minutes and covering 42 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 256 kt232 kt min to max 283 kt 232 266 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.0 °0.0 ° min to max 1.0 ° 0.1 0.0 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.04 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average VSI -1,507 fpm-2,933 fpm min to max 602 fpm -3 39 fpm
Info Average altitude 35,359 ft asl30,895 ft asl min to max 40,004 ft asl 40,000 30,998 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 1.7 °-1.0 ° min to max 5.1 ° 5.0 3.0 °
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 2 2 0
Enroute Level 2 100.00Enroute level cruise started 2 miles north of Pesquera de Duero (Castilla y Leon, Spain) and lasted 4 minutes, covering 27 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Altitude held within ±2,050 ft of 31,001 ft asl30,996 ft asl min to max 31,008 ft asl 31,007 31,001 ft asl
100 % Average speed 270 kt268 kt min to max 271 kt 268 270 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 1.8 °0.0 ° min to max 1.8 ° 0.0 1.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.00 g1.00 g min to max 1.00 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Turn coordination 00 min to max 0 0 0
Info Average pitch angle 2.8 °2.7 ° min to max 2.9 ° 2.9 2.8 °
Enroute Descent 2 100.00Enroute descent started 1 mile west of Aldea Real (Castilla y Leon, Spain). Descent from 31,002 ft asl to 13,481 ft asl, a decrease of 17,521 ft in 11 minutes and covering 70 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 270 kt266 kt min to max 271 kt 270 266 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 26.6 °0.0 ° min to max 26.6 ° 0.2 0.1 °
100 % Average g force 1.02 g0.97 g min to max 1.12 g 1.00 1.06 g
Info Average VSI -1,719 fpm-2,491 fpm min to max 534 fpm -13 -2,491 fpm
Info Average altitude 20,040 ft asl13,481 ft asl min to max 31,002 ft asl 31,002 13,481 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-1.2 ° min to max 3.4 ° 2.7 -1.2 °
Info Turn coordination -3-11 min to max 2 0 0
Enroute Climb 2 100.00Enroute climb started 1 mile east of Parla (Comunidad de Madrid, Spain). Climbing from 13,047 ft asl to 13,863 ft asl, an increase of 816 ft in 2 minutes and covering 8 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 264 kt263 kt min to max 267 kt 264 264 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 3.3 °0.0 ° min to max 3.3 ° 0.0 1.8 °
100 % Average g force 1.01 g0.97 g min to max 1.06 g 0.98 1.00 g
Info Average VSI 337 fpm-1,632 fpm min to max 1,948 fpm -1,632 512 fpm
Info Average altitude 13,491 ft asl13,047 ft asl min to max 13,863 ft asl 13,047 13,863 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 3.3 °-0.4 ° min to max 6.3 ° -0.4 3.6 °
Info Turn coordination 320 min to max 40 0 38
Enroute Descent 3 99.89Enroute descent started 1 mile south east of San Martin de la Vega (Comunidad de Madrid, Spain). Descent from 13,938 ft asl to 3,401 ft asl, a decrease of 10,536 ft in 9 minutes and covering 36 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 196 kt132 kt min to max 272 kt 264 132 kt
100 % Steepest bank angle 37.3 °0.0 ° min to max 37.3 ° 6.3 0.8 °
99 % Average g force 1.05 g0.35 g min to max 1.59 g 1.02 0.77 g
Info Average VSI -1,119 fpm-4,397 fpm min to max 1,924 fpm 460 259 fpm
Info Average altitude 8,927 ft asl3,353 ft asl min to max 14,083 ft asl 13,938 3,401 ft asl
Info Average pitch angle 2.4 °-10.1 ° min to max 14.3 ° 3.5 0.6 °
Info Turn coordination 4-32 min to max 51 33 3

Events

Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 11,864 ft agl · 324 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched On 11,852 ft agl · 333 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 9,749 ft agl · 224 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 9,539 ft agl · 200 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 9,511 ft agl · 190 kt
Info Autopilot Master Switched Off 9,419 ft agl · 192 kt
Info Stall Warning Activated 9,419 ft agl · 192 kt
Info Stall Warning Deactivated 9,509 ft agl · 198 kt
Info Flaps Position 2 7,996 ft agl · 214 kt
Info Landing Lights Switched On 6,979 ft agl · 229 kt
Info Landing Gear Down 3,469 ft agl · 248 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 3,352 ft agl · 227 kt
Info Flaps Position 3 2,497 ft agl · 218 kt
Info Flaps Position 4 2,186 ft agl · 223 kt
Info Flaps Position 5 1,726 ft agl · 190 kt
Info Flaps Position 6 1,650 ft agl · 164 kt
Arrival Approach 85.71Final approach to runway 32R at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport. Descent from 1,697 ft agl to 186 ft agl in 97 seconds. Scored on the stabilisation gates.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Gear downpassed
100 % Landing flappassed
100 % Sink ratepassed
100 % On glideslopepassed
0 % On centrelinefailed
100 % On speedpassed
100 % Wings levelpassed
Arrival Landing 97.84Landing on runway 32R at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, runway length 2,996 m. Good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly below target at 134 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
96 % Threshold speed was slightly below target at 134 kt. Target 142 kt
100 % Good threshold height.Target 50 ft agl
100 % The flare tracked the target profile exactly. The aircraft floated down the runway before touching. Touchdown was 704 m past the threshold. Threshold speed was not the cause here - hold the aim point on the approach and let the aircraft settle rather than holding it off, and the touchdown comes back to the numbers.
100 % Runway alignment max 7.20 m left7.20 m left to 1.21 m left 7.20 1.21 m
89 % Steepest bank angle 6.4 °0.0 ° min to max 6.4 ° 1.5 6.4 °
100 % Peak g force 1.15 g0.93 g min to max 1.15 g 1.13 1.03 g
Info Average speed 123 kt112 kt min to max 134 kt 134 112 kt
Info Average VSI -205 fpm-481 fpm min to max -57 fpm -481 -211 fpm
Info Average altitude 27 ft agl9 ft agl min to max 49 ft agl 49 9 ft agl
Info Average pitch angle 7.0 °4.1 ° min to max 10.2 ° 4.7 9.2 °
07515022530037545052560067575082501223354658Runway Distance mLanding Height ft075150225300375450525600675750825-30-24-18-12-60612182430Runway Distance mRunway Width m
Arrival Touchdown 93.10Touchdown point was 279 m beyond the touchdown zone. Touchdown speed at 112 kt was good. Touchdown rate was fair at -235 fpm. Runway touchdown alignment was perfect. Local weather - Temperature 15 °C. Wind 2 kt at 270 °. Crosswind: 2 kt Headwind: 1 kt.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Touchdown rate was -235 fpm.
73 % Touchdown distance was 704 mTarget 457 m
100 % Speed at touchdown 112 ktTarget below 138 kt
100 % Runway alignment max 1.21 m left1.08 m left 1.21 0.92 m
43 % Steepest bank angle 6.6 °4.8 ° min to max 6.6 ° 6.4 4.8 °
100 % Peak g force 1.27 g0.99 g min to max 1.27 g 1.03 1.07 g
100 % Landing Bounce
Info Average speed 111 kt111 kt min to max 112 kt 112 111 kt
Info Average pitch angle 8.9 °8.7 ° min to max 9.2 ° 9.2 9.2 °
Arrival Rollout 100.00Total landing distance 1,701 m, 57 % of runway. Runway rollout alignment was very good.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Landing distance 1,701 m57 % of runway.
100 % Runway alignment max 5.02 m left5.02 m left to 4.57 m right 2.30 -0.16 m
99.96 % Average g force 1.00 g0.91 g min to max 1.19 g 1.06 1.00 g
Info Average speed 93 kt58 kt min to max 114 kt 114 58 kt
Info Average pitch angle 3.1 °-0.4 ° min to max 11.7 ° 9.4 0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.6 °0.0 ° min to max 4.9 ° 4.4 0.1 °
Runway Exit Exiting runway, average speed 36 kt
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
Info Average speed 36 kt0 kt min to max 58 kt 58 17 kt
Info Average pitch angle -0.0 °-0.4 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.3 -0.4 °
Info Average bank angle 0.2 °0.1 ° min to max 0.4 ° 0.1 0.1 °
Info Average g force 1.00 g0.97 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g

Events

Info Flaps Position 4 10 ft agl · 49 kt
Info Flaps Position 1 10 ft agl · 45 kt
Info Flaps Fully Retracted 10 ft agl · 40 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched Off 10 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Taxi Lights Switched On 10 ft agl · 2 kt
Info Strobe Lights Switched Off 10 ft agl · 12 kt
Info Navigation Lights Switched Off 10 ft agl · 15 kt
Arrival Taxi 95.05Taxiing to the parking from the runway took 7 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.
ScoreDescriptionStartProfileEnd
100 % Average speed 9 kt0 kt min to max 22 kt 17 0 kt
100 % Average speed turning corners 0 ktmax 0 kt 0 0 kt
100 % Average g force 1.00 g0.96 g min to max 1.01 g 1.00 1.00 g
Info Average pitch angle -0.2 °-0.8 ° min to max 0.4 ° -0.4 -0.3 °
Info Average bank angle 0.1 °0.0 ° min to max 0.5 ° 0.0 0.0 °

Events

Fail Landing Lights

Takeoff from EGLL 09R

Taxi out

Lights75.00
Offstrobes
Taxi speed100.00
18kt peak

The roll

Takeoff roll100.00
1,218m36 %
Runway alignment100.00
2.79m L
Rotation speed100.00
146kttarget 149, 3 early

Liftoff pitch close to a tail strike

The wheels left at 11.2°, 0.4° short of this aircraft's 11.6° tail strike.

The tail can only touch while the main wheels are still on the runway, so the margin that matters is the one at liftoff. Rotate at the rotate speed, at the normal rate, and let the aircraft fly itself off at its own attitude: keep the pull going towards the climb attitude only once the wheels have left. Rotating early, or pulling faster than the aircraft can lift off, is what eats the margin.

Liftoff and climb

Liftoff
153ktat 11.2°
Rotation
4.1°/sover 2.7 s, gaining 7 kt
35 ft
162ktat 17.3°, 4.4 s after liftoff
Bounce on takeoffOk
None
Bank after liftoff100.00
4.1°steepest
Gear up100.00
60ftfull marks to 400 ft
Climb 3 speed86.80
160kttarget 184

Plan view the roll down the 3,360 m runway.

Rolled from the start of the runway, drifted 2.7 m left of the centreline and was back on it to lift off. Airborne 36 % of the way down the runway, before the 75 % line.

How to read this

The roll from above, with your left at the top. The line is where the wheels went, and "widest" is the furthest you drifted off the centreline. Lifting off before the amber 75 % line gets full marks for the roll length.

1,0002,0003,000THRESHOLDLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓75 %widest 2.74 m LAirborne 1,222 m from the threshold
Your trackRunway used in the rollCentreline75 %: lift off before it for full marks
Runway to liftoff 1,222 m of 3,360 m · 36 %
Takeoff roll, 1,222 m Left ahead, 2,138 m

Side view from the start of the roll to the end of Climb 3 at 922 ft.

Reached 35 ft with 1,768 m of runway left; gear up at 60 ft, inside the 400 ft that gets full marks; then climbing at 2,480 fpm on average to 922 ft.

How to read this

The takeoff from the side: the height above the runway against the distance along it. The numbers along the runway are the speeds reached at each point. Lifting off in the amber last quarter of the runway costs marks for the roll length. The dark stretch of the roll is the run with the nose up and the wheels still on, with its length and time under the runway. The gear-up ring is coloured by its mark. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, scored on its average speed against the target.

1,000 ft500 ft0CLIMB 3160 kt avgtarget 184THRESHOLDRUNWAY END6080100120KNOTS ALONG THE ROLLnose up on the runway · 212 m · 2.7 sRotate 146 kttarget 149Liftoff 153 ktGear up 60 ftfull marks to 400 ft
On the runwayNose up, wheels on the runwayClimbingLast quarter of the runwayGear upClimb 3

Speed and pitch from brake release to the end of the climb, against time.

How to read this

Two traces from brake release: the airspeed on top, and below it the pitch, which is how far the nose is above the horizon. The dashed green line is the speed to rotate at for this aircraft at its weight, and the green dot is where the nose started to come up. The grey band is the run between the nose coming up and the wheels leaving the runway. The figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up, in degrees a second. The rotation detail below draws the rotation against the rates for this aircraft and its tail-strike pitch, where the slope reads properly. The grey dashed line across the pitch is the attitude held from 35 ft to the end: a nose held steady is a climb speed that holds, and the airspeed trace sits directly above it to compare. The shaded stretch is Climb 3, the part of the climb scored on holding the climb speed.

Climb 3 target 184180 kt12060025°13°0°nose up on the runway · 212 m · 2.7 sROTATELIFTOFFGEAR UPtarget 149held 18.6°11.2° off · 4.1°/s17° at 35 ftAIRSPEEDPITCH02040 sfrom brake release
AirspeedPitchRotation speed targetRotation beganNose up, wheels on the runwayClimb attitude heldClimb 3

Rotation detail the pitch over the seconds from rotation to 35 ft, where the slope reads properly.

How to read this

The pitch over the seconds from the nose starting to come up to 35 ft, stretched so the slope reads properly. The green dot is where the nose started up, the grey band runs to the wheels leaving, and the figures at liftoff are the pitch then and how fast the nose came up. The two dashed green lines rising from the rotation point are 2 to 3° a second, the rates airliners are rotated at: a trace steeper than both is a faster rotation, one shallower than both a slower one. The red dashed line is 11.6°, the pitch at which this aircraft's tail touches the runway with the wheels still on it, drawn from rotation to liftoff only: once the wheels leave, every foot climbed adds tail clearance.

20°10°0°2°/s3°/sTAIL STRIKE 11.6°ROTATELIFTOFF35 FT11.2° off · 4.1°/s17° at 35 ftROTATION DETAIL-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8 sseconds from rotation
PitchRotation began2 to 3°/s from rotationTail strikeNose up, wheels on the runway

The stabilisation gates

One stabilised approach gate: seven checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate was not assessed, because the approach did not join final that far out. These checks are the approach's score.

Seven checks, one gate500 ft 85.716 of 7
Gear down
Landing flap
Sink rate1,000 fpm
On glideslope3.4°
On centreline1.7° off
On speed+14 kt
Wings level1° bank

At the 500 ft gate: centreline more than 1° off.

When the approach was stable

Never every check met at once: banked until 3.4 nm, slow until 2.4 nm, high until 2.2 nm, sinking too fast until 1.7 nm, left of the centreline from 3.2 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Each line is one of the gate checks, run along the whole final rather than only at the gates: green where it would have passed, amber where it would not. The glideslope, centreline and speed lines use the bands in the charts beside this card. The sink rate is allowed what the glideslope needs at your ground speed plus 600 fpm, the wings 10° of bank, and the gear and flap are read from when you moved the levers. The bottom line is green where every check held at once, ignoring blips shorter than 0.2 nm, and the sentence above it says from where it held to the threshold. A ring is a stabilisation gate, where the checks in the table were taken.

Gear downLanding flapSink rateOn glideslopeOn centrelineOn speedWings levelAll checks4 nm321THR
Check metNot metStabilisation gate

The approach to LEMD 32R

The final from 4 nm, with the stabilisation gates on it.

Profile height against the 3° glideslope, with its 1° band in green.

On the glideslope from 4 nm to 2.8 nm, then high to 2.2 nm (up to 430 ft over), then back on it to the threshold.

How to read this

Your height above the runway against the distance still to go. The glideslope is the steady descent path to the aiming point, 305 m past the threshold: 3° here, which is about 320 ft for every nautical mile out, crossing the threshold at about 50 ft. The row under the distances is the height it puts you at. Inside the green band your path is drawn green; outside it, amber. A ring is a stabilisation gate: green when every check there passed, amber with the failed checks named beside it.

5001,0001,5002,000 ft4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRON SLOPE1,3301,0106903703° GLIDESLOPE · 1° BAND1,5631,267846392170500 ft gate6 of 7on centreline632 ft · 156 kt
GlideslopeAllowed bandYou, inside the bandYou, outside itYour height thereStabilisation gate

Plan distance off the extended centreline, your left at the top, with the 1° band. Sideways distances are drawn 3× larger than distances along the final.

Joined 426 m right of the centreline, then inside it from 3.6 to 3.2 nm, then 219 m left of it from 3.2 nm to the threshold.

How to read this

Looking down from above, flying left to right towards the runway: up the page is left of the centreline, down is right. Sideways distances are stretched so that small drifts show, so a line that looks wild here may be only a few tens of feet. The labels are how far off you were at each distance, amber when outside the band.

4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHR305 m L0305 m RLEFT ↑RIGHT ↓1° BAND426 m R164 m L160 m L35 m L16 m L86 m L
Extended centreline1° either sideYour trackOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Speed against the approach speed. The green band runs from 5 kt slow to 36 kt fast at the 1,000 ft gate, closing to 21 at 500 ft and 10 at the threshold.

Inside the speed band from 4 nm to 2.8 nm, then slow to 2.4 nm (up to −11 kt), then inside the band to the threshold.

How to read this

Your indicated airspeed down the final, against the approach speed for this aircraft at its landing weight. The band allows 5 kt slow and more on the fast side further out, closing as you get lower, because the speed is expected to come off on the way down. The figures are knots above (+) or below (−) the approach speed.

140160180200 kt4 nm3 nm2 nm1 nmTHRAPPROACH SPEED 142−1 kt+0 kt+13 kt+2 kt+0 kt−8 kt
Your airspeedApproach speedWhat the gates allowOutside the bandStabilisation gate

Landing and touchdown on LEMD 32R

Over the threshold

Threshold height100.00
48ft
Threshold speed95.76
134kttarget 142, 8 slow
Centreline offset100.00
7.20m L
Bank88.98
6.4°steepest
Flare100.00

The flare tracked the target profile exactly

The aircraft floated down the runway before touching. Touchdown was 704 m past the threshold. Threshold speed was not the cause here - hold the aim point on the approach and let the aircraft settle rather than holding it off, and the touchdown comes back to the numbers.

Touchdown

Past threshold73.04
704m
Centreline100.00
1.21m L
Speed100.00
111kttarget 138 or less
Touchdown rate100.00
-235fpm
Impact100.00
1.27G
BouncesOk
None
Bank42.87
6.6°as the wheels touched

Rollout

Rollout distance100.00
962m56 % used
Rollout alignment100.00
5.02m L

Taxi in

Lights50.50
Onlanding lights, 99% of the taxi
Taxi speed100.00
22kt peak

Side view — the last 1,788 m of the approach.

Crossed the threshold at 48 ft, close to the 50 ft target; began the flare at 18 ft. Touched down 704 m in, 399 m past the ideal 305 m.

How to read this

The last stretch of the approach and the touchdown, from the side. The height is stretched so that the last few feet show: 80 ft top to bottom, against 1,788 m across. The dashed line is the ideal, 50 ft over the threshold and down 305 m in. The flare ring is where you began raising the nose, and "descent slowed" is where the sink came off; the figures beside them are the sink rate, pitch and speed at that point.

48 ft over the threshold · target 50 ft FLARE NORMALLY STARTS 11–45 FT 80 ft400 Flare 18 ft · −494 fpm · 7.8° · 119 ktdescent slowed at 1 ft · −232 fpm · 9.5°−234 fpm · 9.2° nose up · 112 kt Ideal — 50 ft, down at 305 m This flight — 48 ft, down at 704 m

Sink and pitch — through the flare, lined up with the side view.

The sink went from 490 fpm at the flare to 230 fpm at touchdown. The nose came up 1.4° on the way down. Into the flare at 119 kt, 23 kt under the 142 kt approach speed, and 112 kt at touchdown.

How to read this

Lined up with the side view above, so a point on one sits under the same point of the other. On top, how fast you were coming down: 0 is level, and −600 is 600 ft a minute down. Below, the pitch. In a flare the nose comes up and the descent slows towards 0. The figure at the touchdown line is your touchdown rate.

SINK RATE FPM · 0 IS LEVEL, LOWER IS COMING DOWN FASTERPITCH · HIGHER IS NOSE UP0−500−1,0000°6°11°flaredescent slowedtouchdown−234 fpm at touchdown9.2° at touchdown, +1.4° from the flare
Sink ratePitchFlare began, descent slowedTouchdown

Plan view — the first 1,788 m of the 2,996 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.

Touched down on the centreline and drifted to 5 m left on the rollout, back to 0.2 m right by the end. Little crosswind (1 kt): nothing to correct for. Touched down straight, 6.6° of bank.

Wind 269° at 2 kt · 1 kt head · 1 kt across

How to read this

The runway from above, with your left at the top. Touching down inside the green bracket scores full marks for the distance. The shaded part is the rollout, up to where it ended. The arrow beside the runway is the crosswind, pointing the way the air was moving, so it pushed the aircraft that way. The wind is the one recorded at the landing, split along the runway (headwind or tailwind) and across it. To hold the centreline in a crosswind the nose points a little into wind - the crab - and is straightened with rudder just before the wheels touch, often with the into-wind wing lowered to stop the drift. The sentence gives the nose against the direction you were actually moving as the wheels touched, and the steepest bank as they touched, the figure the touchdown's Bank tile marks. The rest of it is shown for reading, not marked.

5001,0001,500 THRESHOLD LEFT ↑ RIGHT ↓ CROSS 1 kn FULL SCORE TO 503 M 704 m past threshold ROLLOUT ENDED
Your trackTouchdownRolloutCentreline

Touched down 704 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.

Runway used 1,666 m of 2,996 m · 56 %
In the air over the runway, 704 mRollout, 962 m Left over, 1,330 m

The stop — touchdown to taxi speed.

From 116 kt at touchdown to taxi speed (30 kt) in 29 s, an average deceleration of 0.16 g.

How to read this

Your ground speed from the moment the wheels touched until you were down to taxi speed, against the distance rolled. A steep line is hard braking, a shallow one a long, gentle roll. For scale, an airliner's lowest autobrake setting decelerates at about 0.15 g, a medium one about 0.3 g. Shown for reading; not marked.

0408012060 kt · 987 m30 kt · 1,168 mtouchdown1,215 mkt
Your ground speed60 kt and taxi speed

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The Boeing 757-200 taxied from the parking area to runway 09R at EGLL London Heathrow Airport, a taxi of 13 minutes covering 2 nm.

Take-off was on runway 09R, using 1,218 m (36 % of the runway). Rotation occurred at 145 kt. Local weather was 18 °C with wind 2 kt from 270°, crosswind 0 kt and tailwind 2 kt.

Initial climb to 1,000 ft agl took 19 seconds, averaging 2,201 fpm and reaching 160 kt at the top. The climb continued from 1,395 ft asl to 40,003 ft asl in 20 minutes, covering 129 nm, beginning about 1 mile north-west of Feltham.

Cruise level at 40,000 ft asl was held for 61 minutes, covering 452 nm, starting roughly 7 miles north of EGJA Alderney Airport Saint Anne.

Descent from 40,000 ft asl to 13,481 ft asl took 20 minutes over 139 nm, beginning overhead Sasamon, with a brief level-off at 31,000 ft asl.

A further climb from 13,047 ft asl to 13,863 ft asl lasted 2 minutes, covering 8 nm, starting 1 mile east of Parla.

Descent from 13,938 ft asl to 3,401 ft asl took 9 minutes over 36 nm, beginning 1 mile south-east of San Martin de la Vega.

Final approach to runway 32R at LEMD Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport descended from 1,697 ft agl to 186 ft agl in 97 seconds. Stabilisation checks at 500 ft above the runway were met for gear down, landing flap, sink rate, glideslope, speed and wings level; the centreline check was not met. Configuration changes were: landing gear down at 3,469 ft agl at 248 kt; final flap position 6 at 1,650 ft agl at 164 kt; autopilot disconnected at 9,419 ft agl at 192 kt.

Landing on runway 32R, runway length 2,996 m, had a good threshold height. Threshold speed was slightly below target at 134 kt. The flare was described as excellent; the aircraft floated before touchdown. Touchdown occurred 279 m beyond the touchdown zone at 112 kt, with a fair rate of -235 fpm and perfect runway alignment. Local weather was 15 °C with wind 2 kt from 270°, crosswind 2 kt and headwind 1 kt. No bounce occurred.

Total landing distance was 1,701 m (57 % of the runway) and rollout alignment was very good.

Taxi from the runway to the parking area took 7 minutes and covered less than 1 nm.

The flight covered 773 nm in 129 minutes, using 6,642 kg of fuel.

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